Toy telephone



(L- M. WATHOUS.

TOY TELEPHONE.

Awucmmw FILED JUNE 11. 1921.-

Fatented June 13, 1922.

GLTFFQRD M. WATROUS, OF EAST HAMPTON, CONNECTYUUT, ASSIGNOR T0 GONG BELLIMANUFACTURING COMEALNY, 0F EAsT HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF(IQNNECJFICUT.

aor- TELEPHONE.

Specification of Letters Patent. lf atentgd June 13,, 1922,

Application filed June 11, 1921. Serial No. 476,641.

lt has for its particular object simulaj t'ion, in form and effect,of'the ordinary Well known telephone set arranged to give aringingsignal upon a movement of the receiverhook and arm.

It involves as elemental forms a standard having the general form of atelephone receiver and transmitting set with a signal device forming apart of, or attached to said standard, said signal device carrying anarm and receiver hook. In addition to these elements there is the usualadjustable transmitter head and receiver with a cord attachmenttherefrom. The whole device forms practically a miniature replica of theordinary standard receiving and transmit-' ting telephone set.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1,'is .a-view in elevationillustrating the device.

Figure 2, is a plan View. Figure is a view of the signal or ring ingmechanism looking from the rear of Figure 1, and with the gongremoved.

Figure 4:, is a detached view of the gong striking mechanism.

Figure 5 is a detailed view of the striker. Figure 6 is a detailed viewof a loop. Admittedly, toy telephones and telephone sets both ofmechanical and electrical designs are not new inthe art. The particularfeatures of advantage hereinafter claimed in the toy here described maybe summarized in the showing of an applicacation. of a bell mechanismmechanically operated and with its operating lever p'roviding the hookfor the support of the tele phone receiver.

In the accompanying drawings, numeral 1, denotes the base preferably ofspun or p The standard is preferably of wood or fibre and is surmountedby capped piece 4:, having a projecting lug 5, to which is swiveledthrough the pivot as at 6, a short arm The swivel arm 7, bears thetransmitter 8, with its mouthpiece The two part clamp 10 and 11, issuitably secured to the standard 3, by clamping screws and the clampmember 11, is secured to a base 12, of a hell or signal device which hasa gong 13.

The gong 13, is screw threaded upon a stud 14, which stud also serves asa support for the rotary striker 15. The striker 15, is of a wellknowntype having loose pellets at opposite ends thereof 16, 17, which strikeagainst the lug protruding from the interior of the gong. This strikerl5, bears a pinion 18, which meshes with a gear 19, mounted upon a stud20, and having secured thereto a pinion 2].

The pinion 21, is in mesh With a curved rack 22, pivoted as at 23, andnormally held to one limit of its play by a spring 24. The rack 22, hasa lever arm 25, which terminates in a bifurcated arm 26, which serves asthe hook for maintaining the telephone receiver 27.

In order to stop upward movement of the hook 26, a lug 28, is providedon the curved rack bar 22, and this abut-s against al loop 29, "one endof which encircles the pinion 21, while the other has a loose mountingabout the central stud 14. The loop 29, and lug 28,,not only provide astop for. limiting the movement of the hook 26, and appurtenant parts,but also serves as a brake to lock the gong striking mechanism As aresult of this arrangement, a distinct sharp ring of definite durationmay be secured by moving the hood 26, up and down. This movement of thehook, of course, operates the gong striking mechanism and simulates thering of the telephone bell.

In operation the receiver is placedupon the" hook and the gong may besounded by moving the receiver up and down or the receiver may be heldto the ear and a finger of the hand holding the standard 3, may be usedfor effecting the ringing of the bell. Obviously, the exact detail ofthe device may be varied to a considerable extent without departing fromthe spirit or intentof the invention, which in the main, consists inthearrangement by which the telephone receiver and hook are directlyconnected with a bell ringing train of mechanism to sound the gong insimulation of a telephone bell.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A toy telephone consisting of a standard, receiver and transmitter incombination with a signalling device operatively mounted with respect tothe standard and comprising a gong, a mechanically operated gear trainand striker for sounding the gong, and a lever terminating in'a receiverhook for operating the gear train to sound the gong.

2. In a toy telephone in combination, a supporting standard, atransmitter mounted thereon, a rack bar, a receiver and receiver hookand arm, said hook and arm forming part of the rack bar, a gear trainoperated by the rack bar and a striker and gong operatively mounted withreference to the gear train whereby the gong is sounded upon movementsof the receiver hook and arm and rack bar.

3. In a toy telephone, in combination with a support, standard,transmitter and re ceiver, a. ringing device having a pivoted actuatinglever terminating in a receiver hook, a rack bar -formed on said lever,a pinion meshing with said bar, a gear fast with said pinion and meshingwith the pinion of a striker, a rotary striker and a gong actuatedthereby, a loop encircling the pinion of the rack bar and a lug upon therack bar for engaging said loop to force the same against the pinion.

4. A toy telephone consisting of a base, standard, receiver andtransmitter in combination with a signalling device operatively mountedwith respect to the standard, said signalling device comprising a gong,'a strlker therefor, mechanical connections for rapidly actuating thestriker to sound. the gong, a lever for actuating the striker,terminating in a receiver hook and resilient means for holding andreturning said actuating lever to one limit of its play.

5. A'toy telephone consisting of a base, standard, receiver andtransmitterin combination with a signalling device operatively mountedwith respect to the standard, said si nallin device com risin a baseclam ed Z:

to the standard and a gong striker and striker actuating mechanism, suchstriker actuating mechanism terminating in a receiver hook and a springforholding said receiver hook at one limit of its play.

6. A toy telephone consisting of abase, standard, receiver andtransmitter in combination with a signalling device operulively mountedwith respect to the standard and base, said signalling device comprisinga gong, a striker therefor, mechanical means for rapidly actuating thestriker to sound the gong, a receiver hookand lever for controlling theoperation of the striker and. the means for actuating said striker.

7. A toy telephone consisting of a base, a standard, a receiver and atransmitter, in combination with a signalling device operatively mountedwith respect to the standard, and comprising a base clamped to thestandard and a gong, a striker, and striker op erating mechanism, thelatter being con, trolled and set in motion upon movement of thereceiver hook and lever, and operat, ing to rapidly actuate the striker,and a receiver hook and lever controlling the striker actuatingmechanism. and the operation of the striker.

CLIFFORD M. \VATROUS.

Witnesses:

J. HOWELL CoNKLIN, GRACE E. HALL.

